I think my work is very American because I'm American. But I found that Europeans like uncertainty and doubt.

My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.

Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.

I was one of the first post-studio artists. I used to do my works in the streets. I used to find them in the streets, and I used to leave them in the streets.

New York is dead. It's too expensive.

What I made depended on what I found on the street. At least in the beginning, my materials came from the street.

The wood was better before I cut it, than after. I did not improve it in any way.